Is it still a placebo when it works and you know it's a placebo?
Placebos can't cure diseases, but research suggests that they seem to bring some people relief from subjective symptoms, such as pain, nausea, anxiety and fatigue. But there's a reason your doctor isn't giving you a sugar pill and telling you it's a new wonder drug. The thinking has been that you Read More...
Tesla motors profit surprises investors ahead of merger vote
The electric carmaker Tesla Motors said on Wednesday that it earned $22 million in the third quarter, its first profitable period since 2013, raising expectations for the success of its expansion plans. The company’s chief executive, “We were able to have our best quarter ever, and we Read More...
Europe takes the lead in building urban resilience
An EU-funded project has been helping cities face the future with confidence by tackling climate change, putting the green back into cities, and preventing urban sprawl in new and exciting ways. By the time TURAS, a five-year EU project aimed at making cities better, greener places to live, ended Read More...
Hydrogen economy hits high gear with new water splitting initiative
When it comes to the sparkling green hydrogen economy of the future, the U.S. isn’t letting any grass grow under its feet. The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory now plans to lead a collaborative effort to accelerate the development of renewable hydrogen. A Read More...
Driving change: Indigenous women grab the reins and get down to business
Leavina Reid was not in a dilemma. She knew precisely what she had to do. She couldn’t afford to have the doctor treat both of them, so she handed over her baby. Although Reid and her daughter were both ill, the GP would bulk bill for only one of them and Reid, a Weilwan woman from Read More...
Floating wave-powered buoy makes desalinating seawater cheaper and eco-friendly
Desalination plants help to solve drinking water shortages. However, they need a lot of energy and they spit concentrated brine back into marine ecosystems. That’s why two engineers have created a floating wave-powered desalination buoy that performs reverse osmosis while bobbing in the sea to Read More...
Danish energy giant plans to sell its oil assets to invest more in clean power
In a telling sign of the times, four decades after it was set up to manage Denmark’s North Sea oilfields, Dong Energy Group is considering selling its oil and gas business. The Danish company, which is the largest operator of wind farms in the U.K, says it would use the money they earn from Read More...
This giant vacuum cleaner sucks pollution out of the air
A Dutch company recently unveiled a giant vacuum that sucks pollution right out of the air. The vacuum cleans the air within a 300-meter radius and up to a seven-kilometer height, filtering out 100 percent of fine particles and 95 percent of all ultra-fine particles from ambient air. The company Read More...
Training in your sleep leads to better physical performance
What if you could use the hours you sleep at night to train yourself physically? It’s long been known that when you picture yourself performing a sport, the same neurons are fired up as if you were actually playing it. This act strengthens your motor connections between the brain and the body, Read More...
Neuroscience says that listening to this one song reduces anxiety by 65%
Sound therapies have been a popular way of relaxing and restoring one’s health for centuries, and now researchers have found what they say is the most calming song that your nervous system will ever hear. They found that this one song – Weightless – resulted in a 65 percent reduction in Read More...